CARNIVAL SPIRIT INCREASES

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 8, 10 July 1923, Page 11

CARNIVAL SPIRIT INCREASES

MANY SOURCES OF ENJOYMENT

TO-NIGHT'S PROGRAMME.

' Wellington has taken up the role of a carnival city in splendid fashion, and although it is a case of "business as usual," there is ample provision.in the way of sport, entertainment, and other attractions to keep visitors and local residents for that matter, tuned up to the carnival spirit. , Business, of course, is one of the main attractions as far as a carnival week is concerned, and the shops of the city and suhurbs, many of them dressed for the occasion, offer more than usual of interest. The shopkeepers themselves have risen to the occasion, and, apart from the attractive window displays, a liberal showing of bunting and greenery gives much tone to the carnival, spirit. Mid-winter has disadvantages for such a function, hut even the weather performed well towards the enjoyment of the festive season, although to-day: the conditions became a little more unpleasant than they have been since Saturday afternoon. The city and its surroundings, the seaside localities, the reserves, the Zoo,, the museums, and other places of interest are attracting the attention of visitors, 1 of whom there appear to be many in the town. Each day offers a- full programme for all, and .in a,ll that is.being provided there is little room for idle moments for visitors'and local residents.

One of the leading attractions of the Welcome Carnival is the. motor show at the Harbour Board's large shed at Pipitea Point, where there, are on exhibition cars, trucks,.' etc., to the value of a quarter of a million pounds. The display is a splendid one, and the various makes of i ears, including the very latest from English and American markets, are proving a source of much interest. The motor show was well patronised yesterday and to-day. Entertainment was to b3 derived from various sources last evening, the .programme including the com-' 'S? elf °.f:the provincial: amateur billiards tourney, the skating- carnival, an entertainment at the Grand Opera House, the start of the tug-of-war competitions m the Town.HalCetc. Among £ AH™ €Venfcs J wa^'? SOU tournament H,ii t ' a MV'af the' Town iiali. To-morrow, the second day of the Sft Club's Wint£ Me£ mg.mUbe the big attraction. ' - The hill for .to-night offers entertainment m plenty: Citizens' ball at the *Ji\&&r*** at the Gi'-d